STITCHED-TOGETHER SILENT shorts repackaged in 1980s to fill television half-hour, narrated by the redoubtable Pete Smith in jocular style. “A pair of glasses and a smile.” Harry a) walks into sheet glass being carried by two dopey workmen b) walks into brick wall c) hangs off clock face d) does all of the above simulataneously while eating a bunch of tulips.
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Electric Dreams – The Giorgio Moroder Story
Monday, 22.00, BBC Radio 2Second part of this, where our hero moves slightly more towards the mainstream and starts penning film soundtracks, including the likes of Flashdance and Top Gun, plus of course The Never Ending Story which means we get to enjoy Limahl nestling alongside the rest of the heavyweight contributors, plus another film where his soundtrack is probably about a hundred times more famous now than the actual film. It’s the title of this programme, for a start.
Does anyone else remember ‘Golden Silents’, an early 1970′s programme on BBC1, Friday nights at 8.30? Made at the National Film Theatre and hosted by Michael Bentine, who loosely lectured on a different theme of silent comedy, ably assisted by copious clips of Buster Keaton, Ben Turpin et al. Then, of course, there was the similar top-drawer ‘Mad Movies’ on ITV, hosted by Sir Bob of Monkhouse and featuring much of his own private collection of silent classics.
And not forgetting Paul Merton’s series for BBC Four as well… Though Mr Lloyd always was on at 6pm on BBC2 for some reason in the mid eighties….
I DO remember Mad Movies with his Lordship Monk of the House. Sunday afternoons wasn’t it?
“Mad Movies” was also on in the early morning school hols slot, vying with BBC1′s “Casey Jones” for young squared-eyed types.